Wayne Barlowe

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Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born January 6, 1958 in Glen Cove, New York) is a science fiction and fantasy painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time, and Newsweek. His parents, Sy and Dorothea Barlowe, were both natural history artists.

He is well known for his realistic paintings of surreal alien (or fantastic) life. His Barlowe's Guides to extraterrestrials and to fantasy are his interpretations of specific creatures and beings from well-known science fiction and fantasy literature. His Inferno is an interpretation of the demonology contained in the Grimoire of Honorius.

He is married to fantasy and science fiction editor Shawna McCarthy and has two daughters, Cayley and Hillary. The family resides in Rumson, New Jersey.

[edit] Movie work

Design work for the Babylon 5 TV movie, Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998).
Contributed alien creature and character designs for Titan A.E..
Designed creatures for Galaxy Quest.
Preproduction drawings for Blade 2. (2000)
Creature/character designs for Hellboy and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2002)
Created concept art for the sequel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2003)
In 2004, his book Expedition was sold to the Discovery Channel for development into a two hour presentation. It was retitled Alien Planet and premiered May 14, 2005.